Author: Dave

6 Mile Steady run

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Wednesday 9th January 2019

I woke up today way too early with cramp in my calf muscle and a crook neck, I could not get back to sleep after that so I lay in bed reading my email until it was time to get up, I still feel ok though, Lets hope it stays that way.

I am down another 1.2lbs from yesterday which is another bonus.

My favorite meal – breakfast, I started the day with a lovely bowl of oats with strawberry and banana, It tasted fantastic and gave me plenty of energy for my run.

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Before my run I had doubts as to if I can complete it at a good pace but I was really pleased with my run, I kept a very good pace and really enjoyed my run.

At 5º it was cold out, I wrapped up warm and out I went.

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Todays run was a 6 mile steady run

  • Distance

    6.10 mi

  • Pace

    7:39 /mi

  • Time

    46m 41s

 

So after the run it was on to cooking the dinner, Chilli con carne on half a baked butternut squash with kale and brussels sprouts and cabbage (my family had rice). I ate a massive meal and now I am stuffed 🙂

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Got to get ready for work now 🙂

Strength training

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Tuesday 8th January 2019

This afternoon when I woke I was pleased to see my weight was down by 3.2lbs. I know they say you should not weigh yourself daily and obviously my weight will fluctuate each day but I enjoy it. I find when I weigh myself weekly it’s too easy to snack midweek with the thought “oh I will burn it of”. If I weigh myself every day just after getting out of bed then its a constant reminder to stay out of that cookie jar! Not that I eat cookies but you get the point.

I started my day off with a quick strength training session before breakfast, I have a great app on my phone which has an interval timer, 7 exercises, 30 seconds each then a short 30 second ish break, reset app and repeat – job done. (Planks, Press-ups, bridges, Forward lunges (with dumbbells), squats (with dumbbells), chin-ups and lastly dips). 

No run until Wednesday so eay day for me.

I cooked Cottage pie with savoy cabbage and cauliflower for dinner which was delicious but I ate too much as usual 😦